Multi-center:The Small (14F) Percutaneous Catheter vs. Large (28-40F) Open Chest Tube for Traumatic Hemothorax (P-CAT)
- Conditions
- The Efficacy of Percutaneous Catheter vs. Open Chest TubeTraumatic Hemothorax
- Interventions
- Device: Percutaneous catheter
- Registration Number
- NCT03546764
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Arizona
- Brief Summary
After sustaining severe trauma to the chest, patients will often bleed into the chest cavity (pleural space) which is called hemothorax or they may also experience air leakage within the chest cavity in combination with the bleeding (hemopneumothorax). These conditions are treated with the insertion of a tube into the chest called a chest tube (CT). Insertion of the CT is very painful for the patient due to the size or diameter of the tube. Alternative to CT is a small percutaneous catheter (PC), pigtail or non-pigtail. At Banner-University of Arizona Tucson Campus (B-UATC) investigator prefers inserting a small pigtail catheter for the management of hemothorax or hemopnuemothorax. The primary purpose of our study is to see if the use of the PC is just as effective as CT in terms of removing leaked blood and/or air from the chest cavity.
- Detailed Description
The standard treatment for traumatic hemothorax (HTX) and hemopneumothorax (HPTX) has been an insertion of a large-bore chest tube (CT) (French 28-40). The procedure is associated with significant patient's pain and discomfort. Our institution has taken a lead role to replace chest tube insertion with percutaneous (pigtail) catheter (PC) (14F) insertion. The investigators have previously published that, not only PC works just as well as the traditional CT for both pneumothorax (1) and hemothorax( 2), but it is also associated with a significant less insertion pain and tube site pain (3). In that hemothorax study, investigator reported 36 patients who received PC for HTX (2) with the same success as 32F chest tube in term of initial output and success rate; success rate was defined as no further intervention was needed. Since the completion of that study (December 2011), our division has inserted probably 100 PC for hemothorax and hemopneumohthorax Therefore, investigator now believes that it is time for us to demonstrate the efficacy of the PC for hemothorax with a prospective and randomized study as investigators have done previously for traumatic pneumothorax (3).
The investigator hypothesizes that PC will be just as effective as CT in patients with traumatic HTX and HPTX.
Our study aim is to demonstrate the efficacy of the PC in a prospective and randomized fashion as we have done previously in pneumothorax.
Our primary end point is the success/failure rate. Failure is defined as patient require a second intervention i.e., second tube, video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS), etc.
Our secondary end points are the amount of initial tube drainage (1-hour), 24-hour, 48-hour, 72-hour; tube insertion-related complications, hospital length of stay, and patient's experience during CT/PC insertion (if patient can provide the information).
Significance of the study:
Currently, most trauma surgeons prefer CT over PC for the management of traumatic HTX. The study will provide a level 1 scientific evidence that PC works as well as CT for traumatic HTX/HPTX, and we have already shown that PC is less painful than CT.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 61
- Age > 18
- Traumatic HTX/HPTX requiring chest tube insertion
- Emergent indication, hemodynamic instability
- Patient refuses to participate
- Prisoner
- Pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Percutaneous Catheter Percutaneous catheter 14-French Percutaneous catheter (pigtail or non-pigtail) placed at bedside using Seldinger technique Chest tube Percutaneous catheter Placement of 28-36F chest tube placed at bedside by an open cut-down technique (traditional)
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Failure rate 30 days Failure rate is defined as any second intervention to treat retained hemothorax
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hospital course outcome 30 days ICU length of stay, hospital length of stay
Insertion-related complication 30 days any insertion-related complication, minor or major
Trial Locations
- Locations (4)
Medical College of Wisconsin
🇺🇸Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
University of Ariznoa Medican Center, Main campus
🇺🇸Tucson, Arizona, United States
Emory University
🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia, United States
University of Nebrask
🇺🇸Omaha, Nebraska, United States